Chapter 51: A New Official Takes Office

Yu Zhu, who couldn't get out, had to let Dong Hu take Li Shuang and Wang Dahou back to Wanjiaping first, while he was anxiously waiting for the departure of the new inspector Pan Luohuan. This Pan Luohuan is extremely tall and strong because of his adequate nutrition, and he has also learned some kung fu, so he seems to be a little majestic, but he is a man with great ambitions and talents. Before getting the inspection position, he was a low-ranking military attache in Pan's pro-army team, but as a military attaché, he did not like to practice martial arts, but was keen on eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling often among the children of official eunuchs. He was appointed and was not in a hurry to set off, but gathered his fox friends to continue drinking and gambling. In his words, enjoy yourself before heading to the remote ravine.

Compared with the complacent Pan Luohuan, Pan is an old fritter in officialdom. He knew very well what kind of goods his nephew was, and he was afraid that Pan Luohuan would go to Liulizhai for inspection on this trip, and the people in the mountains would not be convinced, so he made preparations in advance. In order to protect his nephew, he transferred 100 elite soldiers from the army, led by an officer named Tang Xiangwei from his own personal army, and accompanied Pan Luohuan to take office. He also told Pan Luohuan many times to treat his subordinates well, act carefully, and divide the old forces in the mountains, and gradually cut off Ouyang Xuan's feathers.

It's just that Pan Tongzhi really didn't expect that Pan Luohuan would ignore his words before he left the city gate. On the day of departure, Tang Xiangwei and Yu Zhu took people to wait at the gate of the city early, but Pan Luohuan did not show up for a long time, and Tang Xiangwei, who was anxiously waiting, sent people to look for them but could not find them. It wasn't until the third pole of the sun that the sweaty soldiers found him in a green building in the city called "Yihongyuan". When the soldier shouted outside the door with his throat pulling, Pan Gongzi, who was disturbed, was annoyed, and slapped the shouting soldier with two big ear scrapers, and then reluctantly left Yihong Courtyard.

After arriving at the city gate, Pan Luohuan saw that Yu Zhu was accompanied by two mules, so he ignored Yu Zhu's persuasion and let people untie the baggage, and used the two mules as his own mounts, and the untied baggage was distributed to the soldiers. Due to the large number of people, it is quite inconvenient to go up the boat against the current, so this trip will take the land route. Since it was almost noon when I left the city, it was extremely hurried to get to Yokohara Town before dark. This section of the official road was really difficult to travel due to disrepair, and the soldiers couldn't help but slow down because they were in a hurry and carrying baggage. Seeing that the sky was hazy, there were still a few miles away from Hengyuan Town, which made Pan Luohuan extremely angry, he was hungry now but didn't want to eat the dry food brought by the army, he just wanted to go to Hengyuan Village early to lie down and drink wine and eat meat. Riding on the mule, he saw that the veterans walking in front of him were whispering something as they walked, so he became angry and condescendingly beat a few people with a whip. Tang Xiangwei, who was walking in the front team, heard the screams, cries and commotion, and hurried to Pan Luohuan's mount to dissuade him. Tang Xiangwei, who was born in hardship, felt sorry for the soldiers, so he defended the soldiers a few words, but Tang Xiangwei's behavior annoyed Pan Luohuan, he thought that Tang Xiangwei was selling well in front of the soldiers by contradicting him, so he also gave him a whip with his backhand.

Under the acceleration of Pan Luohuan's whip, the group hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at Hengyuan Village before dark. In the faint light of torches in front of the walled gate, Yu Zhu did not see familiar faces among the people who came out to greet him, and he heard someone report to Pan Luohuan, saying that Lord Xiong had set up a banquet in the village, and knew that Xiong Ben had occupied Hengyuan Town. At that moment, he excused Pan Luohuan that he was going to visit his relatives outside the village, and promised to come in the morning when he started, so he left in a hurry with more than ten Thunderbolt soldiers accompanying him. Pan Luohuan didn't doubt it, and took Tang Xiangwei straight to drink and eat meat, and naturally he was drunk that night. His soldiers were already exhausted and out of breath, and after hurriedly eating water and water, they all found a place to fall asleep.

The next day, when he was in the treetops, Pan Luohuan woke up from a hangover. He ordered Tang Xiangwei to lead the way in front of the whole team, while he lay down on the sliding pole and continued to sleep. Yesterday the mule ride was labor-saving but still uncomfortable, and today the road into the mountain is even narrower and more difficult, so he has people carry it into the mountain, so as not to be as tired as yesterday.

After Tang Xiangwei joined Yu Zhu, who had been waiting at the mountain pass, he walked along the mountain road to Wanjiaping. Previously, the two of them served in the Chongqing Mansion Army, although they had no communication, they were also familiar, the two walked forward together and talked in a low voice, the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and the common experience and topic made the two sides quickly close the distance. Tang Xiangwei talked about attending the banquet with Pan Luohuan last night, and complained in a low voice that Xiong Ben and other officials in Hengyuan Town were barbaric, rude, and full of arrogance. After hearing this, Yu Zhu sneered: "They were originally mountain bandits who killed people and plundered goods", so he talked in detail about the various evil deeds of the bandits in the mountainous areas, and also talked about Xiong Ben After being driven out of Jiguan Mountain, he obtained Hengyuan Town through bribery. Tang Xiangwei listened, sighed and said: "No wonder I heard crying from time to time in the village when I was drinking last night, and after Xiong Ben heard the cry, he scolded the people of Hengyuan for not obeying the discipline of the court, and they all fled to the mountains, but the remaining ten or so households are also Diao people who don't understand the rules." Now Tang Xiangwei understands that these villagers who are unwilling to move to Wanjiaping have become fish and meat on the chopping board, and their situation will be extremely miserable. What made Tang Xiangwei feel depressed was because he remembered Pan Luohuan's words at that time when Sang scolded Huai. When Xiong Ben scolded Ouyang Xuan for luring away the villagers of Hengyuan, leaving him with no one to drive, Pan Luohuan intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Tang Xiangwei, who was drinking silently, and said: "Yes, these untouchables don't know how to respect and order, only a whip can make them understand the truth and understand the rules......

Pan Luohuan was arrogant on this trip, in addition to the inspection appointment letter of the government, his confidence came from the hundreds of elite soldiers accompanying him. It's just that after arriving at Wanjiaping, there was no grand greeting scene. In addition to greeting Yu Zhu, the soldiers and mountain people along the way also looked at these outsiders coldly, and no one stepped forward to kneel and salute, which naturally made Pan Luohuan full of anger but also unable to attack. After he inspected Wanjiazhai, no one came to handle the handover, so he vented his anger on Yu Zhu and reprimanded Yu Zhu for deliberately neglecting his official duties. At this time, Yu Zhu had already received Ouyang Xuan's countermeasures, so he pretended to be aggrieved and said that he was only a team escort, only responsible for catching thieves in the mountains, and could not govern political affairs.

To say that this Pan Luohuan is also very good-natured, seeing that Ouyang Xuan did not come forward, he unceremoniously occupied the headquarters of the Thunderbolt Army, and ordered someone to take over the material warehouse and drive away the guards. There were a lot of things to eat and wear in this warehouse, and there was a lot of wine in them, which made Pan Luo so overjoyed that he drank all day long. These wines Ouyang Xuan were originally intended to be purified in the future for disinfection of the wounded, and the reserves were filled with dozens of cylinders. Fortunately, Pan Luo was a heavy drinker, and no one else was allowed to get involved at all, only those close to him would occasionally be rewarded, otherwise the wine would definitely be drunk if it was not used.